Commission caps bonuses for employees of state banks at 60 percent of their salaries
Costa Rica’s state-owned banks – Banco Popular, Banco Nacional and Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) - must begin capping the bonuses and incentives paid to their employees at 60 percent…
Guanacaste residents awoke to a 5.2 temblor Wednesday morning
A magnitude-5.2 earthquake marked the start of the day for many Guanacaste residents Wednesday morning.…
Bill seeking to increase Costa Rica’s airport departure tax to fund youth sports gets strong support
A bill that would increase the departure tax for those leaving Costa Rica by air in order to fund youth sports programs received significant support when read in the country’s…
Costa Rica Central Bank chief says Bank should have more control over dollarized banking
The president of Costa Rica’s Central Bank (BCCR), Olivier Castro, believes the Bank should have a higher degree of control over the banking sectors’ dollar-denominated financial activities, the bank chief…
Costa Rica’s major airports to receive new air traffic control systems
Email this page November 10th, 2015 (ICR News) Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia (LIR), and the San Jose municipal airport, Tobias…
Noni: Costa Rica’s amazing healing fruit
Email this page November 10th, 2015 (ICR News) Noni (morinda citrifolia) is the fruit of a tropical plant originating from India, which belongs to the Rubiaceae, a family of flowering…
Parrot warns of house on fire, saves neighbors in Costa Rica
"Fuego, fuego, fuego (Fire, fire, fire)," screamed the parrot named Betty, the pet of Gretel Pereira, whose family was one of several affected by the blaze that broke out last…
Costa Ricans took to the streets in opposition of state oil company, public unions, taxes, and waste
Hundreds of Costa Ricans took to San Jose’s Plaza de la Democracia this weekend to call for an end to the state-owned oil company RECOPE’s fuel monopoly, as well as…
